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with an advanced degree inoking education from capellalp them university, full potential. you'll be better equipped to deal with today's issues and make an even greater impact. let's get started at capella.edu. all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> welcome back. some stories making news now this morning. three people are dead after their helicopter crashed in a rural area in northern los angeles county. it happened during the filming of a new military themed reality tv show for the discovery channel. no word yet on what caused the crash. >>> the death toll from a stampede during a religious festival in northern india is now up to 37. it happened when railway announced a change causing chaos. >>> inmates upset over overcrowding rioted this weekend. family members battled with police. no major injuries were reported. >>> in lebanon a heated debate on live tv turned violent when one guest hurled a glass of water at another during a discussion on syria. the tense scene was quickly taken
with an advanced degree inoking education from capellalp them university, full potential. you'll be better equipped to deal with today's issues and make an even greater impact. let's get started at capella.edu. all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> welcome back. some stories making news now this morning. three people are dead after their helicopter crashed in a rural area in...
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in areas like education. health care, innovation, and job growth. >> later, on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, eric cantor explained what convinced him that it was time to re-brand the republican party and that what convinced him was the last election. >> what i think is we can learn a lot from the last election. you know? and the last election, we -- really spoke a lot about the macro-fiscal situation in this country, which is not good for people. but it is almost as if we didn't complete the sentence. we have got to demonstrate why we're doing it and explain why we're doing what we're doing. >> a few minutes later on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, republican bill crystal didn't sound exactly thrilled about the new health, happiness and prosperity party. >> they should worry less about how they look and they should just act according to conservative principles. >> i'll answer your question, they left it out, they lost a lot of senate races. >> and who were most of the people who
in areas like education. health care, innovation, and job growth. >> later, on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, eric cantor explained what convinced him that it was time to re-brand the republican party and that what convinced him was the last election. >> what i think is we can learn a lot from the last election. you know? and the last election, we -- really spoke a lot about the macro-fiscal situation in this country, which is not good for people. but it is almost as...
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the idea of empowering women, educating women. and afghanistan is all part of laying foundations for lasting peace. and my concern, of course, is that the united states gets weary of being in afghanistan, it's not worth it, let's leave. and laura and i believe that if that were to happen, women would suffer again. and we don't believe that's in the interest of the united states or the world to create safe haven for terrorists and stand by and watch women's rights be abused. >> that's a noted patriot george w. bush for the u.s. to stay in afghanistan. and i wanted to play that clip for you from the american perspective discussion of women's rights in afghanistan have been built up from the military occupation and intervention there. from your perspective, how do you hear that? is he right, do you agree with george w. bush? >> to be honest, i wish he was right. there's so many elements or layers to the problem that you just cannot -- i think it's naive of president bush in afghanistan to say if we leave the women would suffer. unfor
the idea of empowering women, educating women. and afghanistan is all part of laying foundations for lasting peace. and my concern, of course, is that the united states gets weary of being in afghanistan, it's not worth it, let's leave. and laura and i believe that if that were to happen, women would suffer again. and we don't believe that's in the interest of the united states or the world to create safe haven for terrorists and stand by and watch women's rights be abused. >> that's a...
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mitt romney's education reform plan, and unworkable cuts as usual to medicare and medicaid. not surprisingly, cantor was not willing to get specific about any legislation to make these ideas a reality. >> we do intend to follow up with some policy proposals in legislation working with our committees to move forward on many, many of these issues. >> it's always the follow-up, isn't it? but there was one thing cantor said today that really caught my attention. here it is. >> our solutions will be based on the conservative principles of self-reliance, faith in the individual, trust in family, and accountability in government. >> there is a lot there, isn't there? cantor sounds like he is fresh off another frank luntz seminar. i couldn't believe my ears when i heard those words come out of cantor's mouth. so let me make sure i got this whole thing correct. "our solutions will be based on the conservative principles of self-reliance, faith in the individual, trust in the family, and accountability in government." hmm, i could diagram this on the big board. my mother was a high sc
mitt romney's education reform plan, and unworkable cuts as usual to medicare and medicaid. not surprisingly, cantor was not willing to get specific about any legislation to make these ideas a reality. >> we do intend to follow up with some policy proposals in legislation working with our committees to move forward on many, many of these issues. >> it's always the follow-up, isn't it? but there was one thing cantor said today that really caught my attention. here it is. >> our...
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republican committee chair bob goodlot says the purpose of the hearing is to educate freshmen congressman who know very little about the complexities of reform. lesson number one is already clear. move past last year's republican rhetoric on self-deportation and electrified fences. >> this debate is often emotionally charged. that's because it's not about abstract statistics and concepts, but rather about real people with real problems trying to provide a better life for their families. >> we seek to harmonize two foundational preaccepts. number one is humanity. number two is respect for the rule of law. >> humane rhetoric? yes, but humane policies? question mark. republican leadership is transcribinging a decidedly softer tone on immigration, but the party will still have to contend with members like carrie who said, "what are you seeing here is a shameless political ploy to buy new voters. democrats want the votes, and republicans the cheap labor. immigration reform shouldn't be about buying off lawbreakers so they'll consider becoming republican." joining us now so give us the straight
republican committee chair bob goodlot says the purpose of the hearing is to educate freshmen congressman who know very little about the complexities of reform. lesson number one is already clear. move past last year's republican rhetoric on self-deportation and electrified fences. >> this debate is often emotionally charged. that's because it's not about abstract statistics and concepts, but rather about real people with real problems trying to provide a better life for their families....
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education? >> great question, and first of all, i think that doc mcstuffin is a girl scout. she is really empowered. we are doing a lot around s.t.e.m. and working with girls for 100 years and the founder was focussed on s.t.e.m. since 1912 and one of the first badges was aviation and welding and working with technology at this time. so over the 100 years, we have actually adopted, you know, badges around these issues where the girls are focused and specifically around technology and math. as you know, our cookie program is the largest entrepreneurial program for girls in the country. >> yes, the first time, and i'm not terribly entrepreneurial but it is the one time i had a business and went around to sell it and looked at the profit margin. in addition to being a girl scout, i had a critical intervention in my career as a political scientist and american society of women post doctoral, and so when we talk about the nurturing environment, a piece of it is the resources of young girls and young women and older women to do this work. what is the ua, we are search and work bee
education? >> great question, and first of all, i think that doc mcstuffin is a girl scout. she is really empowered. we are doing a lot around s.t.e.m. and working with girls for 100 years and the founder was focussed on s.t.e.m. since 1912 and one of the first badges was aviation and welding and working with technology at this time. so over the 100 years, we have actually adopted, you know, badges around these issues where the girls are focused and specifically around technology and...
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. >> she also announced the malala fund, supporting her campaign for the right to education for children around the world. >>> here's a good reason for people to stay home from work when they're sick. your sick co-workers' germs spread to half of the most commonly touched surfaces in the office. you didn't want to hear that. that was after about four hours, according to a new study by the university of arizona. the germs were spread to 70% of surfaces by the end of the day. >>> a super windfall for new orleans. mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. they're tallying up the numbers but looks like a big windfall. >> this city has obviously been really hoping for a big economic boost from the super bowl although the power outage may not help its reputation going forward. nonetheless, tallying up the numbers, we're not completely tallied up yet, but over 150,000 people were expected to have visited the city with hotel revenue up 100%, all in an estimated $432 million boost plus of course all the parties and events and all the things surrounding the super bowl as well. if indeed t
. >> she also announced the malala fund, supporting her campaign for the right to education for children around the world. >>> here's a good reason for people to stay home from work when they're sick. your sick co-workers' germs spread to half of the most commonly touched surfaces in the office. you didn't want to hear that. that was after about four hours, according to a new study by the university of arizona. the germs were spread to 70% of surfaces by the end of the day....
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we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying no new cuts on entitlements. >> can i just jump in and say, though, cuts are important. you're going to need them eventually, but it's better and smarter to do it when you're back on your historic trend growth which in this country is more like 3% a year versus the 2% that we're in. and another thing on taxes, one thing that amazes me that really hasn't sunk in yet is that tax hikes don't necessarily cut growth. i mean, just look at what happened in the clinton era. or look at all the tax cuts we've done actually in the post world war ii era, we have done 18 tax hikes in order to reduce deficit. each time the
we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying...